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Announcements tt marriage* and deaths, and notices of u rcllaiou* t : reseter, aro r<-s?>cclfullT solicited, and ?lu bo los*) rt cd gratis. -.- 1,1 1 y :! -y-i THE CAIN HOV RIOT. .ynproToked Attack Upon White Men Two Mea Probably Killed and Tiilr teeu Wounded. Frei? the Charleston Ac vt and Clntritr, 11th ini!<jnl. Early in the present political canvass in Charleston County the Democracy ex pressed a desire to meet the Republicans In joint discussion. The request was promptly aceecded to, the only condition, and one entirely satisfactory to the De mocracy, being that no guns should he taken to the meetings by either party. Under the arrangement so made joint discussions have taken place ut Straw berry, on John's Island, on Edisto Island and at other pointn. The Democrats conformed strictly to their agreement, but the Republicans, on some occasions, ns at Strawberry, were armed with mus kets and shot guns. On Edisto, on Sat urday, they were well provided with bludgeons and knives. No uneasiness or distrust wai, however, aroused, and the Democratic speakers would have willing ly gone alone, and without escort, to any part of the county. This was the condi tion of affairs when the Btcamcr Poeoain left thc wharf Monday morning, having aboard the Democratic speakers appoin ted to attend the joint meeting to be held at Brick Church, about three miles from Cainhoy, iu thc parish of St. Thomas mid St. Dennis. The Pocosin was chartered for thc ex clusive use of the Democratic party, and had between 100 and 200 Dem?crata aboard. Among them were the speakers: the Hon. M. P. O'Connor, candidate for Congress; Mr. St. Julien Jervey, candi date for Solicitor; Messrs. Picken und C. C. White, candidates for the Legisla ture; Mr. C. C. Leslie, colored, candidate for County Commission/ r- ?o\, M. II. Delany, colored, and others. Before the Pocosin left n large party of negroes made a dash and endeavored to secure a passage. They were very noisy and threatening, dcelaringthnt they intended "to go anyhow," and that they wanted a chance "to clean out the d-n Demo crats,". Ac. -Some of them are believed to belong to the Hunkadori Club, whose members were tho "tendera in the riot of thc 6th of September, when thc colored Democrats were attacked and several cit izens were wounded. As many of these men as Cuuld be accommodated were, however, taken aboard. One man threatened "to raise h-ll on that boat." He did not go. Just as the steamer was ready to start, word was received that County Chairman Bowen was on his way down, and would like to accompany the Democratic porty. This courtesy was extended to him and his comps liions, and at last the steamer got away. There wos no incident worth noting on thc run to Cainhoy, The Democrats amused themselves by firing with their pistols at such objects in the river os attracted their attention, and before thc journey was over many of the few pistols were empty. This fact was known to the Republicana who were aboard. Du ring the irip, Mr. O'Connor and County Chairman Bowen conferred together, and it was agreed that each aide should bc allowed two hourn during tho meeting, each sido dividing the two hours, as might be thought proper, nmong its speakers. The steamer reached Cainhov nt about half-past two o'clock, and thc Democracy were most hospitably received by the villagers, who had provided wagons and other vehicles to convey them to the Brick Church, the place of meeting, about threo miles distant. Bowen started ofl in a buggy as soon as he could 'and, and must have reached the Brick Church halt an hour or more b warc the arrival of thc Democrats. The piace of meeting was on rising ground, a small hill. In front of th( speaker's stand, and forty or fifty yardi distant, was the church, with the small building used as a vestry on its right To the left of the stand was an old brick building, with only part of the walli standing. Bowen called thc meeting ti order, and James Stuart, colored, wie appointed cl. ai nu a n fi r the Republicans and Mr. Samuel Sandern, the preciuc chairman, was chosen chairman for thi Democrats. ? .lively air was played bj the Eutaw Bund, Which' thc Democrat had brought from town, and the spcakiii{ began. Mr. W. St. Julien Jervey wai thu first speaker, and. aa.much ILS he hoi spoken, never spoke better. Thc speed was listened to with deep attention, nm there was no sign of trouble. W. J. McKinluy, colorad, was to foilov Mr. Jervey. Thc band was, playing, em sonic of the negroes shouted out thu they did not-want lirty? mrtsiu; they * an ted to hear their people talk. As soon u the air was .'raishcu, the band stopped and McKiulay, who seemed nervous am excited, began a very violeutspcech. II had not, however, spoken ;more than tw or three minutos when there was a sligh disturbance, such as might bp caused h a rimawny horse, on the left of the stunt This attracted very little attention,.bu was followed by a musket shot. I natani Ily thc colored men nt the meeting darte to the bushes and seized their gnus whic theibfloy bidden. From the bushes nu froto tho further side of the ravine voile 1after volley wm. f.rCvl into the surprise", betrayed and nlmd?^ d?feiise?ess Derne ci at?. ? ?, Many'dtfrcrcr.t ?fikH ^inflicting account of the ?iiigin of the fighting Tiave bee given. One statement Ts, that while Mt Kinlay was speaking, some negro wome ran ?n!o tho crowd, crying ont that "th whites hid taken the muskets of thc co "red men," and that tho firiug im med atcly followed. Another of our infont ants says that there was a fight, und pistol drawn, and the negroes then bega firing. Comparing the , several account which have soma pradw-?n-cominon, an ?anome, respects corroborate ;ach. orill e?me ?cheral conclusions can be reachei Before tho meeting some of the Denn crats walked over to tho ruined buildin "fl" to the left of thc stand, and four that a larsro niinihor nf tnattaA rrjnafr?! m ?ou?e |orty or fifty, were hidden in corner, or in tho fire-place. They di ? not rcmovo tho guns, or say nnythir m ?bout them, but the fact that they visitt the build;-., may have given risc to tl report of "t?tci ejaculations of tin rtcgi women. The guns were found somo tin before the firing commenced. It ?stole *bly. certain that somewhat later the was a quarrel between two men-a co ?>red Republican and a white Dcmocm 'Inc informant asserts that the Rcpubl cans hnd denounced what Mr. Jervey ht jg Mid ns "a p.-v^c of Hes." Thc Republicr ? s'-rucfc,?Bi)'.liemoirat,? <.\\A -.hu blow -'w, returned, ., At this manient a colored nu ?cued ? musket and fired nt tho whiti Bj 1 ho full attention of the meeting hi H not yet b?eu caught. A number of 11 ? pota: edged down towards the swam ? ind a few seconda later a volley was fin H at the, whites from the swamp. Thc n groes who were loft nenr thc stand ran tm 0ac<5 to tho bushes, where, ia was th ? ?fei[. Hiejpgpna were hidden. From tl M DU?.ncs they fired at tho whites, while tl ? ?jji?*? i? the ravine continued their fii I lt ai!ou'(* 00 noted hero that not one EH the Democrats had a rifle, musket or sh ?L Kan; that it waa agreed that no au i weapons ?hoald be taken to the meeting H that the Republicano, moat of them mei ?ers'orthe militia, had their guns ck hand ; that thc firing from tho swat waa too quick and steady to have boen the work of any other than an organized body. Aa soon aa the firing began a party of Dem?crata ran to the old brick building where the guns were secreted, and took several of them. These were fired, ap parently without cfTect, at the militiamen m the ravine, The Democrats, white and colored, in front of the stand were in a pitiful plight. Not more than a third of their number were armed, nnd they with pistols only. These they vainly fired at the nco-roe*, who held positions fifty and a hundred yards away. Being practically defenseless, the whites rapid ly and in some disorder, retreated down the road towards Cainhoy. At the church a small party rallied, and pre vented any pursuit that might have been contemplated. Ball and buckshot cut thc leaves and sung around the ears of the rear guard. Sullenly and steadily they withdrew, thc negroes saluting them with a farewell volley. The engagement was soon over, but thc casualties were heavy and distressing. It is wonderful that so many escaped unhurt. The negroes, squatting among tho scrub-oaks, took pot-shots at every Democrat whom they could draw a bead on. Mr. O'con ner escaped an ugly wound by being flushed aside, at the church, as a negro ired at him, and Mr hervey was delil>e rately shot at, although he had not even drawn his pistol. The stand at thc church, among the grave stones, was certainly the salvation of the party, and the gallantry of Messrs. Wescoa , W. Hampton Smith and Jervey is highly praised. Their names are mentioned specially, with no idea of detracting from the merit of their bravo comrades. What became of Bowen is not positive ly known. It is said that he called out for some ono to accompany him and try to stop the firing, and it "ia knowu timi Mr. G. R. Walker, a Democrat, did at once walk with Bowen up to the muzzles of the militia muskets, and tried to per suade the militia to lay down ?heir arms. But Cyrus Gaillard, Bowen's ' ght-hand man, was extremely violent, and urged the negroes to continue thc fight. Gail lard is reported to have said : ''Now'sthc time ; wo ve got 'cm ;" and one eyc-wit nc&s informs us that Gaillard himself fired five shots nt the whites. The negroes paid no heed to remonstrances, and renewed the firing. One of them, pointing to Mr. Walker, who, being on a mission of peace, had not drawn his pis tol, cried out. "'Shoot that white man." By strategic movements from trc~ *otree, tho brave young Democrot mai *,ryed to rejoin hia comrades. Bowen h'r s>df had a very narrow escape. A woun H Dem ocrat put a pistol to the back ol Irs bead and was about to blow his bru' s out, when his arm was thrown up by another Democrat who was near by. Bowen did not come up to the city last night, but remained at Cainboy. Tho horses and mules used by the Democrats in coing m th? meeting were stampeded during the fight, and most of them were taken off by thc Republican negroes. The Democrat? who had gone to the church in wagons and other vehi cles returned painfully lo Cainhoy on foot. There was a dead-set -at the col ored Democrats. Mr. Leslie was wound ed ; so were Mr. Bennett -and his son. Col. Delany was in request, but was one of the first men to Teach the steamer, and is safe. Thc small community at Cainhoy were terribly alarmed at the fight and its re sults. It was evident that the Republi can negroes were masters of the peninsula, and it was feared that they might attack the village itself. Two of the Democrats were discovered to be missing-Mr. Mc Neill and Mr. Whittaker. It wr.s de cided, therefore, to leave forty OT fifty men at Cainhoy to protect thc place, ana to send the Pocosin at once to Charleston for reinforcements and such other aid as was required. The Poc'oalh reached Charleston about 7 o'clock, and arrangements were at once made to send a strong body of men to Cainhoy. About 9 o'clock she cast off, having aboard from 75 to 100 men under the direction of Major G. L. Buist, of the Palmetto Guard. All the members of this company who had attended the meet ing remained at Cainhoy, excepting Mr. Smith, who came up to the city to report, and Mr. Couch, who, being wounded, ac companied him. There was intcuae ex citement in the city, aud 500 men could [ have been had if desired. It is not thought lhere will heany further trouble, ? and thc Pocosin, when she returns to-day ? is, expected to report that all ia quiet.*'. - From thc nature of the flgiit.V Which was praci/.cally all on one sid??, the cas ualices wero confined almost exclusively to the Democrats. Thc following is be lieved to be au accurate list of the Demo crats who were wounded : Mr. Alexander Mcneill, of King street, was certainly severely wounded,, and is reported to bayo died. This is not cer tain, as he waa missing when tho Dem? crata l?tnrned to Cainhoy. Mr. Thomas Whittaker, of Charleston, an elderly citizen, who was present mere ly as a looker-on, was shot through th? neck and fell to the ground. He, too. wai mi. . ii"r, and is reported to bc dead After Be v.-aa wounded he was robbed h? the Republican negroes of his watch anc boots. Captain C. Carroll White was wound cd ?n tho shoulder and foot. The woundi arc painful, but not dangerous. Las night ho was doing well. W. Hampton Smith was woundec slightly in the arm. causing some loss o blood, but not disabling him. His coa was riddled. W. St. Julien Jervey wns woundct slightly in the leg. Mr. S. L. Bennett, colored, the forme County Auditor, was wounded slight!; in tho left foot and ankle. His leg i very much swollen. Angus G. Bennet, colored, son ofS E. Bennett, was wounded severely in tin rr rn i M anrt loO. anlrlo. E. P. Crouch was wounded in the cal of the leg severely. William Sincath was wounded in th head and ear. Lewis fonos was wounded ie the breast E. A. Cobin was wounded tightly ii the thigh. Elmore Dukes was slightly wounded -Larriscy is also reported wounded The wounds were dressed by,Mr. J. E Farris on the Pocosin on tho way home Nothing positive ia known of th losses, if any, among tho Republicans except what is stated by Mr. Henry Sau ders-thfc? a negro, who wan hy his siai fell dead at his feet. Mr. Sanders wa not hit: the ball intended for him ha killed the negro. There are rumors tba colored men, two or ti ree, were seen t drop their arms, but this does not prov that they were hurt. A score of pistol as against one or two hundred nriskcl and shot guns, count for very little. W doubt that any negroes were killed bc yond tho one mentioned by Mr. Sander and it is as likely as not that none wei wounded. Mr. S. Ii. Bennett, a prominent colore citizen of Charleston, says: ! tfM lool ing to seo what caused tho r-TCUonaon when I saw about forty or fif.y colore men moving off down the hill. O reaching the bushes they stooped, and.i they rosu again, every man of them had gun in his hand, and, a moment later, they tabed the guns, took aim and fired direct'y into the crowd. The Democrat* were then completely surrounded- and enfiladed on every Bide, and a general rush for the boat followed. The firing ceased long enough for the negroes to load, and they then poured another vol ley into the crowd. The firing appesred to be promiscuous. The white men had no guns, aud I did not see a single white man fire a shot. I heard two or three pistol shots, but don't know who fired them. Iii retiring with tho crowd from the stand with my son, A. G. Bennett, and just as we ascended a little bank, two negroes came out of the bushes on the top of a little hill nud took deliberate aim at myself and son and fired. ? was wounded in the instep of the left foot with a small ball, apparently a buck or a large duck shot. My son was shot in seven places, two shois entering the hip, two in the calf of the leg and thrjein the foot. Thc negroes were armed wich muskets, and some ten or fifteen were picked up in thc road where they had been dropped. The party reached the boat aa best they could, and the negroes held undisputed possession of the field. No attempt wan made to go back for the missing, as it was aa much as our lives were worth. I do not know the names of the killed or wounded except from hearsay ; and other particulars ot the difficulty' I have also only by hearsay. I conscientiously be lieve tnnt the '/hole thing teas a preconcert' ed plan, by whom I cannot say, to take advantage of thc slightest pretext and fire upon the unarmed crowd ; for the mo ment the disturbances started, t lie negror? rushed to the bushes in every direction and begun a promiscuous firing. J. Ii. Jenkins, tho well-known colored Democrat who was at the meeting at Cainhoy yesterday, said, in addressing tho Fourth Ward Colored Democratic Club at their hall last night, that the difficulty had been brought on by the Radicals, and upon them should be fastcued the responsibility of thc affair. He also stated, as to its origin, that it was caused by a colored Republican who lives at Cainhoy firing off a pistol several times. Jenkins said Tic could not be mis taken ns to thc origin of the difficulty, as ho was on tho ground and saw all that occurred. Further Accounts from th? Scene of the Attack. From the Kev* and Courter q/ th* \hlh inti. It will be remembered, as ws stated in yesterday's paper, that it bad been ugrccd that neither party should carry guns or rifles to the place of meeting. The whites kept their faith, and tho ne groes' apparently did likewise, but only apparently, as Uh? sequel showed. The riot began while McKinlay was speaking. The negroes had net kept faith with thc whites. They ned brought their muskets to the meeting, and had secreted them in the swamp aud in an old outhouse near the church, leaving a guard over them. It seems clear that tho negroes intended to create a riot when Colonel Delany should attempt to speak. They probably mistook McKin lay for Delany, and, as soon as he started to speak, began to carry out their pro gramme. A company of armed blacks immediately marched out of the swamp with their arms and opened fire upon the whites, who were unarmed, and a portion of whom at once made a rush for the old frame building, in which about forty muskets were piled. Then the rest of the negroes retreated to the swamp, where their guns were concealed, and, seizing them, opened a brisk and indis criminate fire upon the whites. Bowen attempted, or affected to attempt, to in terfere and preserve the peace, but was told by his black henchman, Cyrus Gail lard, to st.md out of tho way ; that they intended to get the damned white men now. Both Bowen and McKinlay disap peared soon after, Bowe, telling the white men that they would have to look out for themselves, and that ho was pow erless to preserve the peace. In the meantime Colonel Delany, Mr. Wm. E. Simmons and several other aged white men had taken refuge in the brick house adjoining the church. Under" the rapid fire poured into them the whites bad retreated to the graveyard west of tho church, such of them as had pistola re turning the fire. The negro militia charged out of thc swamp, surrounded tho brick house aud attempted to batter down the door. Failing ia- this they broke open the windows . and pointed their muskets at the occupants who start ed to retreat. All of them escaped ex cept Mr. Simmons, an old, crippled and silver-haired ;, white man, who, upon emerging from thc door, was knocked down by the black savages and literally beaten to death. Not satisfied with this they fired a load of buck shot into hie prostrate body. After thc light commenced lb e uh it e.' retreated towards the village. A stand was made among tho tombstone.!, and another about halt)Wy to the vi|lagi among* piles ' of cut wood. ; When the party arrived at the village about six men were missing. Three of these were brought in in thc evening about 8 o'clock by a couplo of colored Democrats who visited thc scene. Thc dead body of Mr, Simmons was horribly mutilated. Mr. Wm. Daly, a young white Charles touian; was also brought in dead.. lie was' shot through tho neck, received thirty-three buck shot in bia breast and was fearfully cut up by a hatchet, or axe Mr. Thomas Whittaker was b:ought ir in a dying condition. His right arm wa: fearfully shattered by a load of buckshot evidently fired at short rango. After he fell he was evidently set upon by thc crofrd Odd "beaten Over thje ' head ; and body with clubs'a.Od hatchets. 'Ho livee until 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Bc fore dying he dictated thc following let ter to his aged mother, who lives in this city : My Dca.- Mother-I am very serious]] wounded. They took off my shoes anc cursed mo for a d-d Democrat, savior. th:\t. Ii came here to raise a row. 1 tole them ? did no such thing: that I onlj carno here to" hear the spearing. I- sen? my love. I wish I could come to sec ?ou, and I will do so if I am ever able nm trying to nut ray trust in the Lord ami I hopo to oe forgiven my sins anc meet you in heaven. THOMAS WHITTAKER. The (forty, men who had been. lejf?u protect the women and children at tin village were found encamped around th< residence of the Rev. E. C. Logan, wher. all the ladies and children of the villagi had been collected. Thc wounded wer? lying in tho chapel attached to the reai dence, and every one of tbem hod no only been horribly, mutilated, but they as well as the dead, had been robbed o their clothing. Hats, shoes, stockings coats and vests were talen, and ever; one's pockets were rilled.' Hr. -Simmons leg was smashed so that when the mci wno carried hir. body to tho boat at feinted to lift him, the leg bent pve above the knee. He had no anne witl him at the timo of the riot The lodie in thc house bestowed every attcntioi .-.pon tho wounded, who were laid upai mattresses in the chapel, tho cushion lrora the altar being rued for the purpose Hie mattresses were literally Bonked in blood. i. Mr. A'*xa#d?r McNeill ana Mr. John King, the former wounded in the groin, and the latter in the abdomen, bnve rince died from thc effect* of their wounds. Tho following is a full list of the white men kilted: Mr. Wm. E. Simmons, Mr. Alexander McNeill, Mr. Wm. Daly, Mr. Thomas Whittaker, Mr. J. King and Mr. Walter Craddick. The Linscheids in which the ?ead and wounded lay yesterday presented sad spectacle?, indeed. Wives were weeping over husbands, mothers over sons, ana brothers nod sister over brothers. Mr. Alexander McNeil^ the very wor thy shoemaker who lived in King street, was shot in the groin and badly beaten, then robbed of his shoes, coat and watch. His brief recital of his sufferings and the long aud toilsome ioutocy ?ie bsd to make, after thc blacks had eliot and heat hlui, to reach a point whence he coUld get transportation to the city, was really n<-3rtrcnaing. He died fast evening, leaving a family very scantily provided for, as he was a poor man and dependent on his daily earnings. Capt. C. Carroll White, the well known pilot, was in bcd yesterday with a wound in the shoulder, and wa? in so much pain that he could only he relieved with opiates. The hall could not be found when the wound was probed. The wouud will probably keep the Captain in bed and at home for several weeks. Mr. Sam. L. Bennett is suffering from inflammation of the foot. His non, A. G. Bennett, is also suffering much from the buckshot wounds he received. Messrs. E. P. Crouch, Wm. Smith, E. A. Cobbi, Elmore Dukes and J. Larriasey were doing well, and will soon bo p.l! Mr. Lewis Jones was confined to bcd, and hemorrhage was feared during tho day. It did not occur, however. Mr. J. King, who was nhot in the stomach, and brought to thc city, lingered Until last twight and died. Thc deceased was a carpenter by trade, a native of Massachusetts, and had lived in this city for a number of years. Ho was nearly 50 years of age. Mr. W. Hampton Smith was suffering from the painful wound he got in the arm. How bc escaped death is wonder ful, considering the manner in which his coat was riddled. Mr. W. Si. Julian Jcrvoy's wound proved slight, and beyond the temporary pain it caneca him will not trouble him. Mr. David Pregnall is badly Injured, and will be laid up some time. The remains of Mr, Walter Craddick were brought to the city lost night. He died of wounds and the severe beating he received. Up to Inst night there had been in all six aeaths and sixteen persons were in jured on thc Democratic side. At sunrise the party from thc city fell in and started out for the scene of the fight. In tuc nw?f?u ?uOtit n milo dis tant from the church the pickets found a yoong man named Walter Graddick, who like the rest of the wounded, wai? fearfully beaten, and, bf course, stripped of his clothing and robbed of every th imj he bad on his person. He was insensi ble, having lain in thc swamp all night. His right eye was "completely gouged out and he had received several terribie S.hes on his head. He was brought tc e cit)- on tho steamer which loft thc village about 0 o'clock, and has since died. The detail under the command ol Major Buist reached tho Brick Church about 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. On every side were to be seen the evidencei of thc fight of the day previous. A dozen wagons and buggies aver turned ,anrJ smashed tip, a dena mule, shot through tho breast, bullet holes in the trees and buildings, all proved how severo had been the fire of the black militia. One dead negro waa seen. He was nr old man, apparently aged about 70'years, and was lying in the road quite dead 1 with a load of buckshot in his breast j His name is John - Laohlcotto. Mtv J W. Cannon, who was present at the at tack, states that this was tho fellow wht shot Mr. Whitaker, ??nd'that he was im mediately shot down, but whether by tin whites or by one of hi J own color i ! waa impossible to tell. A siguificaQ fact ia'that the negroes had even robber thia old man. His coat and panto wet? not worth taking, but they had carri et off his shoes and hat, and had rifled hi pockets and loft his body ; lying on th road alongside of-the'body-or a dear, mule. About 3 o'clock a body of fifteen armw negroes came up and asked'permission ti remove the body and bury it. They wer allowed to do so. These fifteen negroe were the only one? aeon during thc day Tho force of tho-'White citizens, aftc reaching the scene nf the attack, wer divided into squads nud scattered througi thc parish in search of Mr. Pregnall, wh 'wasmissing. The ?nission wasafruitles one. . They only learned that Mr. Preg nail, itflor being badly wounded, wastes cued from tho mob by a colored man am carried to tho city in a smnll boat. 1 was subsequently learned that Mr. Preg nail had reach edi the city. - The attack upon tho whites was d?lit crately plannet!. Mr. Jeffords, who live at Cainhoy, told the reporter that us fe back'aa ten days ago a negro name George Brady: told i him that he did nc rt^it to see any of his (Mr. Jcfford't fanni*' huit, and that tnere would b troubla when this meeting took pino j Mr. Jeffords further says that be caine t the city upon the receipt of this inform; lion and endeavored to see some of til Democtatiu Execrative Committee, bi failed to find them. Tho following affidavits wera mad yesterday by gentlemen who wera on ih field and saw tho commencement an end of tho fight : Geo. Eivers Walker, who, being dui sworn, says : "11 first saw the ncgr?i irtrtg r::th ~urkci~ '...U, mud wniie or men with pocket pistols only. I sa Abram Smith, Trial Justice, (colored firing three shots at running men, wt appeared unarmed. After the first voile there was cessation for a short while. < O. Bowen, Republican, offered to gowil any white man among tho negroes ar pacify them. 1 volunteered. Wo wei among them ; Bowen told them to 'ste this.' There was no firing at this tim Cyrus Gaillard ran past Bowen and m self, and urged and incited the negroes begin firing again. They did so, ar began after a few anota to fire at m though I had gone among them at tl invitation of their leader, C. C. Bowe as a peacemaker. How I escaped : safety, dodging among tho trees, is mo than a mirr.de to me. The whites, beii almost Unarmed, made lillie or no resh ance. I saw the wounded men broug in, hacked so- that most of them mc die, with a hatchet Or some blunt instr ment, while left on thc field." J. C. Boyce, being first duly swor testified as follows: "I saw the first sh fired at thc Brick Church, St. Thom nnd St. Dennis, on the t?tn of Octobi 1876. I am positive it was fired by t negroes. No gun was seized by tho Bi 1er Guards until the neg row, with cock muskets, were advancing on thc white "William 6: Vcnning, JV., being du sworn, deposes us follows : "Oa the IO day of October, A. 1). ?376, I was nt thc Brick Church. St. Thomas and St, Den nis; it was before the arrival of the Democrats. C. C. Bowen hud arrived io advance of them. Thc negroes had al most all arrived, and were mostly armed with muskets. I heard the negroes say : 'If Delaney speaks we'll have a row aud take him down.' C. C. Bowen said dis tinctly in my hearing : 'Conceal your muskets.' They (the negroes) at onco did so until the row begun, when they jerked them out and began firing on thc whites, who were mostly unarmed, omi thoie who were armed only with_pockct pistols. I aaw the row begin. The ne ?roes suddenly ran for their arms and egan charging thc whites with muskets nt Tull cockbefore a shot war fired. And ? solemnly stat? that it is my firm belief that they fired first. I was in a position to sec thc contrary had it occurred, and I am sure the negroes fired first ; but yven were I wrong, no white man fired until the negroes were advancing on them with muskets presented as afore said." When the reporter left Cainhoy hutt night, the whit? citiw ns who had left for Cainhoy on Monday night had returned io the city, having been relieved by a body of about Hcvcnty-five gentlemen from the city, who remained there all night to guard thc women and children. Dr. HorlDcck remained at thc villngc; Dr. Simons returned to the city. Up to the hour of thc departure of thc steamer, no negroes were Been in thc neighbor hood. It was supposed that they hud all collected at Daniel's Inland, some ten miles from the village, whero they were under anns. Is It South Carolina or Mexico! Arbitrary illegal arrests by federal sol diers, under the ordern of federal deputy marshals hr.vo begun in South Corolin:;. Governor Chamberlain, candidate for re election, opposed not only by the Demo crats but by a considerable and increas ing faction in bis own party, fears that he will bo beaten. Accordingly ho ap peals co the federal administration for the loan of soldiers to help him to intim idate the recalcitrant voters. Having arranged a board of State canvasser? of election aud a returning board, the ma jority of whoso members aro candidatos on tho ?ame ticket with him, and aro thus by a mon rt rom? perversion of justice entitled to decido the vote in their awn favor; having further mnnaged ;iiat of the ninety-six commissioner:, of elec tion in the counties seventy should be his declared partisans and forty office holders who'hold their places by bis ap pointment; having thus prearranged the count in his own favor, Mr. Chamberlain now summons federal troops and federal marshals to arrest citizens known to bo opposed to him in politics. And all this in the United States, and under the auspices ot' a party which once called it self tbs pfft*OBtipeot friends of liberty, and some of whoso leading members held the Fugitive Slave law to be unconstitu tional because it interfered with the rights of the States. Mr. Charlen Francia ?.dams, in a re cently published letter, warned the peo ple against the revolutionary tendencies Of tho Republican leaders. Was ho for wrong? A multitude of respectable citi zens, among all the Republican members' of tho Supremo Bench of tho Stato, assort publicly that there is no trouble, no po litical violence or lawlessness in South Carolina. Tho citizens who bs? ve been arrested have. submitted quietly. Tho Governor.himself has made no pretence even oran effort .o subdue lawlessness; he bas done nothing hut issue a violent and incendiary proclamation and sent for federal troops, Uko his prototype, Perrin, in Alabama, who shot a hole through bia own hat ano then called for tho soldiers. Does the Republican party of tho North consent to such revolutionary acta na this? Is this a samplo of what it pro,., poses ta do if it is continued in power for, another four years? If so, then the safcat, the only safecourse for Northern voters, in to turn, it out. There can bo no doubt on that, subject, Thia is not Mexico; bi'*- these acts of Governor ?hamberja?jr dusniisu?eof federal troops and federal power, would, if continued four years longer, fichus a Jong way tor, ward Mexico. If ti \* granjeo that the political party which happens tu possess the federal government may march its soldiers into the States for political rur ?I06CS, thcu we li ave, payed thc way br-:iil y for general and ?"vii disorder. If these \ proceedings in South Carolina am not promptly disowned by the Republican .candidate every Norther? citizen who has a stake in tho country ought to vote against him.-Nctcrforl Herald. - "You talk like an Associated Press agent," is the gentle manner in which a man is now told that he lies. , - Tho .young man who wrote and asked, his girl to accepta "bucket" of flowers been mu <\ littio palo when HIIG said she wooden ware it. - 'Hie Centennial has beena groat, hastener of marriages. Pcoplo. havo lushed into matrimony so as to go to the Centennial on their wedding tour at the same time. - Tho cold .winter of 187?, thc doctors said, gave nearly everybody seeds of con sumption ; the pot summer of 1870 has left the air full of malaria; and fever, so. it is declared. It is a wonder hr/.v wo exist at all. - A remark of an old minister, is re commended to all preachers who are tempted to complain of a small congre gation: "It is as large a congregation, perhaps, as you will want to account for at tho d&y of judgment." - An old woman who Is crossing the street han a narrow escape from Being' run over by a henrsf-i : "I am not at all superstitious," she aays to her rescuer, "but it has always .seemed to mo that it wnnh! 1?? nnlnct-v in ha i ;u. A I.? - hearse." - An editor is described os a man who is liable to gramatical blunders, typo graphical errors, and lapse of memory, and has twenty-five- thousaud people watching him tripping, a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief, poorly paid, poorly estimated, yet envied by some of the great men he had made. - Women are geming their rights in Massachusetts. The latest advance ia the establishment at South Framing bam of a prison exclusively for women, to bo manned with women keepers and JUA rds, the only specimen of the moscu Ine" tyrant around the institution being an engineer and a fireman. -- Burlington Kawkeyo: A near sighted man ont on South Hill went wandering' around among his currant bushes yesterday afternoon and stooped dawn and pulled a live centennial wasp's neston by the roots to see what it was. Ile didn't gel it anywhere near the focus of his eyes before be had an idea that it was a nat-i ron some of the women had t>Mt outside to cool; then he thought it might be a concentrated case of prickly heat ; and then it dawned upon him that he had nicked up a raw thunderbolt, and finally nia heart went clear down into Iris boots os be realized that he had got hold of the dangerous ?nd of tho Hell Gato explosion and pulled it off. TUE ELLENTON MOT. TUB TRUr. STORY OF TUB RACE CONFLICT IN CAROLINA. "THK THREE DAY'a WAU"-THE LIOHT HOUSE CAVALRY AGAINST TUE "WIN CHESTER RIFLEMEN"--WARM FiGHT INO IN ^REVAMPS-HOW THE BLUE COATS STOPPED A VERY UGLY CON FLICT-LOOKING UP THE DEAD MEN -THE FULL LIST OP THE MEN WHO WEBE REA LLY KILLED OR ACTUALLY WOUNDED. Fruin the Sew York Jlcnild. ELLENTON, AIKEN COUNTY, S. C., October 6, 187fi. Your correspondent, pursuant to in structions, hns given a patient hearing to every man in Aiken County who desired to talk about tho late conflict in this county ; hus tediously evolved fact or ennuient from those who did not want to talk, and has visited every battle field of this guerilla war, from the defile where the first recontre took place, past Route'? Bridge, and the Double Bridge, tho Cow don Swamp. Silverton, where tho braco of black villains committed tho fii*t crime: Crown Mills, the point where the railroad ?rnok was torn up. mid finds himself this morning at Ellenton, the uttermost point of tho conflict. A WAU THAT WAS WAGED IN THE DA UK. I have been especially careful io sift tho truth out of thc cloud of rumors thal are flying nbout, and to nute nothing ns trustworthy that was not supported by tho affidavit of a respectable citizen, I doubt if there has ever been a serious conflict at a point so accessible to tho ??thur??es concerning which so littlo has been reliably published. There ls a mystery about tho whole matter that only tho most persistent examination has cleared awny. Tho estimates as to the killed and wounded havo varied all the way front ten to 800. A prominent Dem ocratic journalist remarked to mo quietly that bu was afraid as many aa 200 no* ?{roes hud becu kiiled. A negro, who was in the skirmishes himself, did not think over three negroes were killed, Two United States Mar shals nod tho District Attorney have been engaged a week taking testimony, and, when I saw them last, with a double ream of affidavits, could hot approximate even so aim plc a matter ns the number ol tho aloin. They hope to bo through, in six or eight days, when they will report officially. The trouble about tho mattel is that tho fighting lasted for th roo days ; that tho bloodiest work WBB done at night; that the recontrcs ?ll took plac? in or near impenetrable swamps ; , thal they covered an area of thirty miles, and that ruatfcrs'hav? not settled yet. Add to these difficulties the fact that both races are still very much excited, and you will seq bow hard it lina boen to gel tho truth. ' wfi?t I abat? write_ is tnt truth, ilia backed ay affidavits,by COU' cnrrc.it ch ?.uni.?tunco;', AND ?? CANNOT DE GAINSAID. Wheu the official report is made I must coliform essentially t-, what is writ ten below.- Tho .story is a strange one and its suggestions are valuable jus now. On tho 15th of September the housed Mr. Alonso Harley, nt Silverton, i wc entered by two negroes with burglnriou intent. Mrs, Harley was sick lo bed Her son, a little'fellow' or tender year? was her' only companion, her buabam being absent. The negroes boldly cntet ed her.room mid commenced to rob, ? whicb. she protested. Tho negroes thei attacked uer aud beat her severely, nt rik jug her twice or three times over tb upper parc of the body with a club. Tb child then attempted to flee tho hons and was caught by the negroes and ec yerely punished, he receiving p blot jicross the back of the neck which ID? (Usable him for lifo. 'Mrs. Harley in th ineqntimo hndacizod her .husband's gut whicb she drew down upon the plundei era ond frighteiied'tbcm off, although th kan was not loaded. Shortly aflorward her hush Hld arriva and, collecting a crowd, Btnrtco. m puraui hf tho villains. A negro, Peter Willimill was captured under suspicion and brougfc back to the house. Mrs. Harley at one Slid fully identified him ns one of th burglars.. Pending her testimony ? lb negro m ad o n sudden burst for the doo reached it and fled precipitately. Sevei al bfhis Captors rushed to the doors ail window-- and fired upon him. He fe nud war brought back to the house fifcVE::ELY, AND IT WAS THOUGHT HOI T .... TALLY WOUNDED. ! Ho then confessed to haviog committc the robbery and been privy to the assau of Mrs. Harley, which, howovcr, 1 claimed was committed by ono Frederic Pope, colored.. He. waa then proper] taken care of by his captors ..and:: h wounds dressed. Right, hore I shall tai fusile with the published account-;. ' Wi harris did not die, ns bas been reporte' but is now convalescent. Steps we tlicn taken by the friends of Harley ar lils wifo to capturo Pope, the accompli.' If not the principal, for the crime I which Williams -hitd . suffered. Tl proper affidavits were made, and Charl Griffin, a colored Justice of tho Pcac issued a warrant for the arrest of Poe In tho meantime news had been receive a very general and exciting rumor pr vailing to this effect, that a large numb of armed colored men had assembled at were assembling for , the purpose avenging'the murder of Peter Willian ?ho was then believed to bo dead. W hams was extremely popular with t' negroes, and they protested at that tir (tho contrary having been indubitab proven since and confessed on nil side that he was innocent of the crime ii {uted to him, and that ha had be ?lied by tho white.? through pure wa tomi ess. There ?r? nb' elected constables Sini?i vxtfo??iih, ?ut? ?ue justices appel n constable for tho serving of each wi rant (hat they issue. Feeling that thc would be trouble in making the arrest Pope, Griffin appointed Mr. Angus Brown, a citizen of known courage t of prudent good sense, to carry nut I writ of arrest. AND RIGHT HEBE THE WAB CLO! SHOWED ITSELF. Mr. Brown quietly proceeded to,si round himself with a small but doti mined /wise By Saturday night he h collected .fourteen men, having intend to take only ten. He then .Tailed : morning, that the search fo* ?*opc mit be commenced, keeping bis men toge tl during the nlgnt. Early iii the moroi he learned that Pope -'?ras'?nt' Rous Bridge, under the protection *of A cons embie number of armed negroes. He once scut Messrs. Weath'crsby nud 8ti inga out as scout*' to determino if I report w.o true,-and' ib the rheanti advar -ed with hiu/xwtt toward the brid takln* the precautiojoULD carry the nej iustic*, with him, that the negroes mil bc persuaded to give up their man wi out a ?iruggl?. When tho poue p.?s Silverton, tlie homo of Mr. Harley, itt reinforced by five men ; tho news of lathering at Rouse's Bridge having bi received at Silverton apteral boura Deft Coi.stable Brown's .. cut j returned, i confirmed, from actual Knowledge, t the negroes toward thc bridge were terri bly excited, armed nnd defiant. - A negro (Sidney Hnukensonl confirmed their report, he having eton at the bridge himself. 31 r. lirpwn and his posse-a list of which is in my possession-mored quietly forward. Rouse's Bridge spans a small ceelr, and is flanked on tho left and left front by an immens? swamp. It is approached by a deep and narrow cut. Just as the posee emerged from thia cut-or, rather, as the first men emerged-they vtrtv mei with A BAGGED AND 8CATTEBINO EIRE from o party cf negroes, who were align ed on the very edge of.the swamp. No one was injured, u horso only being wounded. The pot*-' promptly returned th? fire. It ia ?aili that th reo negroes were,wounded by this fire. From con versation with two or three of tho blacks engaged I can got the name of only ono wounded man-Henry Campbell, 'who was shot in the arm. This, I believe, is the only casualty of the first Rouse Biidge fight. At thc Uro of tho white? several negroes issued from thc swamp and hurried to reinforce their friends, who numbered originally about thirty. The whites fearing thcr.wnmp was filled with armed negroes, retired precipitately to a neighboring open field, Mid the first fight or tho campaign was over. It ?a proven by the athdavita of more than n dozen men, including the colored Juntico, that the negreen'made tho first fire, open ing upon tho posse in the d?file, ns ls de scribed above. Tho whites then, instead of returning to the attack, determined to hold a parley. They procured a white fing and sentit bys negro, woman ?uto thc swamp, asking for a conference with tho blacks. Tho woman returned short ly afterward, saying tbnt the negroes re fused to hold any communication with tho whites. Sbo was returned to the swamp with a moro pressing invitation for a conference She did not return nt all, but a negro came out unarmed and stated that it tho whites would send for ward six men named in a list he held in his baud, THE BLACKS WOULD (ilVi; THEM A CON I'BBENCE. ' ! Tho whites ngreed and tho six mon entered tho swamp. Thia was et about 6 o'clock on Sunday. Tho whites showed their warrant of arrest and demanded the negro Pope. The Wacke replied that Pope was not with them ana had not been. The whites upon bearing this agreed that they woola disperso and go home, if the negroes v ould do tho same thing. This was arranged and tho con I forenco terminated. : The whites at once dispersed and started homo, Mr. Drown riding off by ? himself, Mr Stallings and Mr. John Wif I U?ma taking another road, and' thirteen I members ot tho posto riding1 in scattered groups townrd Double Bridge., when they expected to cross. .These thirteen men were scattered along tho road, Messrs. Ashley and twt others riding some 300 yards in ndvancv. When these gentlemen approached tl i bridge, wading through a ,apnse swamp about a score of armed negroes jumpec up and Heired 'Ashley. Three or foui guns were raised toward him, when Bry ant Counsel, o captain of tho negro coin pony, knocked the. guns down with hi sword, crying "Don't shoot the man don't shoot I" He succeeded for4 a mo mont, and then cried to Ashley, "YOU WILL HAVE TO BAYEYOU LB El ill ?ljll ; I CAN'T SAVE J?OOl" .Ashley at ouca put spurs,to his bor un d rushed off. Ho was fired on by sov oral negroes and struck1 fn the back b several email shot. - His companions fol lowed, one of them losing, bis gun am n.-.oter having his trowfer.}' leg torn ol by a Otero who attcntpted to pull hin from his librae. *" ..- 1 In tho mean linio, the whites bellini Ashley, hearing tho! firing, galIopc< aharply forward.., Aa, they entered th swamp, eleven in number, they v/oro mc with a brisk'volley) and Jim Bush, Janie Cochran, -IDV W. Crossland add Sid I Haubcraou WCKL wounded. Five of th [ whites stood, firm -and leveled, their guns ? Tho negrees rushed on them, Basil 13ry aiit and Wilkins 'Hamilton leading th I charge. The whites fired 'steadily," an ?.Basil Bryant fell dead, and Wilkins fe! I sharply .wounded. The whites . the i hastily retreated, each ono plunging int tho swamp at separate points. Just one-half nour later-tbis reconti occurring at about six o'clock on Sunda . -tho negroes opened tho ball in anothc direction, somo fivo miles . dUtnnt. nei Silverton. Mr. John Will ?ama and Sta ? lings, two members of tho dispersed pots who were quietly l iding home, were fire .Od by three negroes rho Were lying dow 3odor, olarge tree. John William* fe e ad on tho ihbtant, and Mr. Stalling bdls.or'waa killed. He'leapea off at sprung iritd tho woods RIK", mada h escape , ! At just about this time tho skica wei reddened in tho direction of Ellenton BY HEAVY AND VARIOUS FIRES, caused by the burning of a mill, ginhoui and barn on tbo piece Of Dr. i Baile Theso had been fired, by tho negroes. Every, polpt oi.tlm above's.support! by tho fullest affidavits from joth whit and hincks. It appears that the negro after agreeing; to a treaty of diapers which tho whites observed io perfe faith, broke the peace ip three particuloi First by firing on tho cloven men Double Bridge, and wounding four them ; second by the firing on Williat and Stallings, by which the.former w hilled; third, by the burning of tl Balley, outhouses. It must bo remet bored that theso events occurred with two hours of eafch otb*r. They cover an area of twelve miles, proving oouot oively that severs) banns of negroes we at work with murderous intent. Occt ring in the nhtht time'ss' th?y dlrf^ ti scattered members of the1 posse bel te v that the whola - negro race of the coon were in arms and bent pu murder, rani and arson. They sped ?ri different dire tiona, rallying tho whito'peoplo andes lug for aid. This movement commen? ?t eleven o'clopk. By two . o'clock po? bly ?:mny>unted woila men. were hun ing toward Silverton, whero they ,we massed nt about daylight. Colonel A. Butler and Colonel O. W. Croft w?r? the bead ofiaflairs. i'.iiim - oil i I wi At daylight Monday ... morning., t white column commenced moving bric ly toward Ellenton. As they wera pa ing through the Cowden plantation, tb were snetTby a very excited courier, w announced that the negroes bad wreck tho. train on tbe Port Royal Railro; hard by, and woro around tho wreck great numbers. They charged do upon tho point di th? wreck', being c ercd by-a high .grass hedge, until tl were fairly upon theoegroes. They fi in upon tho .armed men'standing aron tbe U-ala.. - , , AND IULLED ONK NEGRO, AVO'JMI] t.-ONi:. The negroes fired a fow panicky sr. and scattered. News then carno t tho . wreckers had ,retrod on. Ellcnl wYicrp th or'had been m?t'by aC?rnp of Bjirpwfll negroes uudcr Simon Cori aUcr ward in full sud dangerous porv?? of tho town. Upon rs?cbiug tho to' ti t ?-.. - itrri Er ccu tor?, AdnU-ltohrtotw flttfc o)^/ ftl* tnoiivf y fMMp-rt triii 4 ccxS a r . ^^?Trttei? ^??lgiMItwwtjf?.. Im iiHea? " > ? mw rt) COBBBSPOHDKSVS.-'lTi order to receive .ecltd mannscrlpU viii cot MO returned, unlcu th? neoetaary ?Umpii?r?farttWi?o^r?p?]r theposttge **5SP^Ve sro t.ol rr?ponilVl? tor the view* ?ni opinions of our eorretpondenti, AU coromarrior&oWt?ottM to addressed lo"ki Itors IijU?lllgraccr,"?u4?ll <J?ec)^. draft*, looney orders, Ac, should be made payable to the order ?f HOYT A CO., Anderson, ti. C. they found that tho negroes had left, oho party going toward Routa'? Bridge, and the other, uuder Corker, going toward Penn Branch Swamp, where they EXPECTED TC AMBUSH. WHITE BEIN FORCEMENTS that wcro corning 'from Kai ii wei i county under command of General H agouti. Tho whites-it then being about four o'clock on Monday-pusher* on to Rouse's Bridge. They had not proceeded far when their ncout* were fired upon by six negroes, w1io were fortified in a little house by the roadside. Tho main body rushing ap, thc negroes fled.-'David Malley, colored,, was shot dead in the house. Sam Brown. wac. killed while - ' running, gun in hand. Warren Kelsey was wounded and fell. ' The whites rushed upon him. Mr. Jim--Bush ex claimed, "Don't shoot him, boys, his daddy is a good old.negro." A white mnn, reaching down iii the grass, lifted Kelsey's head nnd cried, "By Goa 1 he's got a gun in bis hand, right, now!" At thia a dozen shots were fired and IIB F ELI. BACK DEMI, Couriers then reached, thc whites and implored them to return, and camp in Ellenton during the night, os the negroes hnd threatened to return and burn the town. They did so ?iud went into camp on Monday night nt Ellenton. Up to this time the white--, had ono man killed and four wounded. The negroes had five killed and two '-rounded. During 'he night and evening at Ellenton, John Kelsey, colored, waa kilted while running through a field, armed.. Wilkins Hamil ton, colored, who bad been wounded at Union Bridge, was brought to Ellenton and was cither killed while a'prisoner or died of his wounds received at the bridge. He was reported dead in .the morning. Abram Hammond, colored,,waa killed at Silverton during tho evening. ' Hr?*?.', I nm unable to lon rn. Ho was qui io nc old mnn and was very obnoxious to 'he whites. I shall now leave the Aiken County whites in camp nt Ellenton on tuesday morning (having lost one white man and with four wounded, and having killed eight negroes and wounded two) to describe tho .fighting done by the Barnwell County mon, who, .under tho leadership"of General Hag- od and Sheriff patterson, colored,'of BafnweR, were marching toward the scene. It will be remembered that Simon Corker's compa ny, armed with Winchester rifles, had left Ellenton on Monday evening for, 3'ern Branch Swamp, where they inton ed to ambush tho white reinforcements. Before reaching the swamp tho Barnwell whites wcro fired upon from ambush, asd thc Sheriff, James Patterson, colored, was severely' wounded. Upon reaching the edge o' tho swamp the advance guard of whites were confronted r.uddcnlyl?y ABOUT 8EVRSTY ARMED /T2?BOE?, who poured a direct fire into them. Rob ert Will innis, ? hi te. ' waskilled at th ? ft; fit final*.. Samuel Dunbar Bhot in the hand nnd breast, J. H. Killingsworth was shot lb the leg and Mike H cy era in the neck. The whites returned tho fire, and killing .Ed; W. 3ush, colored, Roundtrce, col orodi and two negroes named "PAT?BM a?nd;. Henry." The negroes then plunged into thc swamp, leaving Simon Corker, : their captain, in the hands of the whiten. Tho'whites tuen pushed on toward Ellen ton, carrying Corker with 'them. En route to Ellenton the whites killed George Turner, colored, and .William Tutt, col ored. I am informed that these .legTpes, j wore scen'with guns in their hands, nnd. were fired upon and Bhot down. 'Arriv ing at Ellenton, Simon Corker, prisoner, ,who had been tho instigator and leader ol' the negroes, it.was alleged, was killed '.by'h?B captors. The Barnwell men then 'k'Hed'^fevcn negroes'irr1'the march to El? 1V??-3?>, losing one ulan Hilled and three' WqUU.^e^ iJ?'p casualties, tbctn svpqd. fif teen negroes killed in both counties nnd two 'wounded ;' wbj?es, t\V? killed and eight Wounded1.'5 "?? 1 THE''M?BCH OTT ROUSE'S BR?Mrfe1'' ' j On Tuesday morning the Al?ten?/?m'nty 1 Whiwsj who were encamped nt Ellenton, . started for. Rouse's Bridge, ty hero it was understood tho negroes?.were massed in large numbers. Upon reaching tho bridgo it was? discovered that'tho'negroes had chxscd the crook, torn up thu bridge and entrenched themselves .in:the Bwamp.. Tho decisivo moment, had new come. The main body of tho whites/some three hundred in number, were preparing to charge-on the swamp.' in watch were am bushed the mail', body; pf the negro*?, .numbers unknown, un possibly aa larga .'ai the whitest The whiles were delayed ^ at the torn-bridge, And'spent half an hour in arranging to cross ?tho . streami A few stjaggling ?nota wera fired pu,both ;i side J, without, dnmjiga, to either. At, length the s^rcani waa'crossed and thc whites were stiffening themselves in thc saddle for a-Charge^ when a yellHhat broke j from the, flppths, o? j.thp j swamp .caused them to. hesitate, A dozen guns we io at tho shoulder, to firo on tho body of men *rho were evidently -approaching tho edge of tho swaurp; ' whoa Captain ' Croft struck them down and shouted : : . "THOSE ARE WHITE. ME? COMINO THBOUOH THE $WAMP." In a uiom?nt they broke, through the edgo of the swamp, and discovered that I it was " ? body or Uni ted1 otates troops. ? Tho soldiers catee walking rapidly for ward, totally unarmed, many witlt : their coats off, and many, of,, ?hem, s winging their nata in tr"\air. j, A committee of three whites, headed by Captain Croft, advanced to meet Oap ! tain Eloyd^Jj* ?ommartd.flf the ;troopa. After salu^ng/Coptain.?roft said : "Wo are here, ?ir, for the purpose of 'enforcing order. H?v? you'any orders ? for us ; it so, they shall be obeyed." "I have none, sir.", ;'Under vjrh/it instructions aroyou hero 'then, sir'?'" "Simply to preserve th? peace1.* "Have you any advice to offer V* "i ad viro you-io aispereo yonr men." , "Will you force the negroes to dis-. perso?1; "I canti?t force them. I feel assure J" however, that tho' advice I shall firo thom will result, in their prnmpt disper sion, , particularly if you will disperse ?your men now." This was perfectly sAUsfaciory to Cap tain Croft and his colleagues; ' fcnd in . twenty minutes tho column of whites, ' saluting tho sohRefs, pleasantly as they passed, filed beyond the soldiers, apd in twp hours was cbrom?tc?y' dispersed. [The 'n?grdes conlmlttea no morodepve ,dations,.aind thus tho three' Ji.ys' var l was ended,- ; ?j Woii..;.'iw.#?.h i - h i-. . : ..- \*L -: " .- What do cats have which no other animal hast Kittens., - The Boston . J&e&odi&t ministers voted 40 to 8, "that we hereby disapprove of tue policy of holding camp-meetings on tho Sabbath." -- "Woman is a delusion madam," ex claimed n crusty uki bachelor to a witty y?uug lady. "And man ia always hug ging some"d?liialoh or other,*' wa? tho quick'retort^ J ' - Imagine the fijoifngsof a Hertford man, who, starting Sri a htirry for a pic nic, took; the wrong basket,: aad found . when.be pot thora that ha had brought ,, along' a litter of kittens, instead ox his laoon.